Using crontab in a bash script

nro · 08-26-2005, 01:06 PM

Hello,
I have a bash script and would like to set a cron during the script execution. I have done research on 'crontab' and as far as I know, you can only edit the crontab file. Is there a command that I can use to insert a job into the crontab file?

Thanks,
Mike

oblivious69 · 08-26-2005, 03:18 PM

if you know what you want to insert into the crontab, have the bash script make a call like:

Code:

echo "30 18 * * * /path/to/script" > whatevercrontab.file

This will put

Code:

30 18 * * * /path/to/script

into your whatevercrontab.file

nro · 08-26-2005, 07:06 PM

How do I locate what file I am using? All I know is crontab -e which will simply bring up the editor.

Thanks,
Mike

bosewicht · 08-26-2005, 08:04 PM

what do you mean? locate the file....
whereis <file name>
slocate <filename>